Educational Science

'Love Hormone' Could Predict Whether Mom and Dad Stay Together

A hormone known for its role in bonding and caregiving could predict whether new moms and dads stay together in the first years of their child's life. Researchers found a link between low oxytocin levels in the mother during pregnancy and shortly after the baby's birth and the likelihood that...

The Best Genealogy Software

Hand-drawn family trees are so last century. For the modern genealogist, tech is where it's at. A number of companies offer genealogy software to help organize information about ancestors, create reports and ancestry books, and share findings online. The deeper into genealogy you go, the more you might find these...

Motherhood is an impressive feat under any circumstances. But for some mothers, it's almost miraculous. From the world's youngest mom to the world's oldest, and the most pregnancies to the most babies born in a single pregnancy, here are some of the world's most extreme moms. Most births from one...

Traveling for the Holidays with Kids? How to Keep Them Safe

The holiday season is a time of wonder for kids. But it can also be a recipe for meltdowns and safety disasters, as travel, jet lag and disrupted routines are combined with visits to homes that are not set up for babies and toddlers. If you're a parent traveling with...

No Digital Divide: Mobile Media Plentiful in Low-Income Families

Babies and toddlers are spending plenty of time using mobile media devices at their homes, including children whose families are not well-off financially, a new study reveals. The researchers looked at families with children under age 4 in an urban, low-income, minority community, and found that nearly all the children...

Many Ads in Parenting Magazines Show Unsafe Practices for Kids

The heartwarming images of children — smiling, laughing out loud and snuggling — that fill the pages of parenting magazines actually hold a less-than-obvious problem: Many of these ads show kids doing things that are not safe. In fact, about one in six advertisements in two of the top-selling parenting...

US Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low

The U.S. birth rate reached an all-time low in 2013, as the number of babies born in the country declined for the sixth straight year since the peak in 2007, a new report finds. The country's birth rate dipped to 62.5 births per 1,000 women between ages 15 and 44,...

Skin-to-Skin 'Kangaroo-Style' Care May Benefit Newborns' Health

Babies born with a low birth weight who are regularly held by their mothers skin-to-skin — or kangaroo style — may have a lower risk of dying prematurely, according to a new analysis of previous research. In the analysis, researchers looked at 124 studies that examined the relationship between so-called...

Living with Your Partner? No Problem, More Americans Say

Americans are more likely to accept the idea of living together out of wedlock and having children out of wedlock than they were a decade ago, according to a new report of the nation's attitudes toward marriage, childbearing and sexual behavior. Americans are less likely, however, to accept the idea...

Marriage Linked to Better Outcomes After Heart Surgery

People who are married may be more likely to survive heart surgery than people who are divorced, separated or widowed, according to a new study. In the study, researchers looked at health and survival rates in 1,576 adults ages 50 or older who underwent cardiac surgery. They found that those...